[THE ARMENIAN WEEKLY] Genocide Commemorations Held in Turkey on April 24 By Harout Ekmanian
ISTANBUL, Turkey (A.W.)—For the second year in a row, major cities in Turkey witnessed public events commemorating the Armenian Genocide of 1915. On April 24, 2011, at 5 p.m., public sit-ins took place simultaneously in Taksim Square in Istanbul, Sakarya Square in Ankara, Human Rights Park in Diyarbekir, and the Municipality Park in Bodrum. The events were organized by the "Say Stop to Racism and Nationalism Initiative," (more commonly name by its Turkish name, "DurDe"), a civil society movement
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